Only days before the much anticipated first test flight of the long-awaited Boeing 787 Dreamliner, Boeing has had to embarrassingly announce yet another delay – the fifth so far – to the aircraft’s delivery schedule due to a newly discovered technical problem. Chicago-based Boeing said this week that it needs to reinforce small areasnear where the wings connect to the fuselage before conducting the first testflight, which Boeing had insisted wouldoccur before … [Read more...] about AMERICAS: Boeing again delays first 787 test flight
All Nippon Airways
JAPAN: Japanese air cargo drop slows in April
Japan’s two largest airlines – Japan Airlines (JAL) and All Nippon Airways (ANA) – saw their international cargo volume decline again in April on a yearon- year basis amid the global economic slump, but the contraction was the lowest in five months. Japan Airlines, Asia’s biggest air carrier, said its international cargo volume declined for the ninth consecutive month in April, plunging 28.7 per cent to 39,795 tonnes, an improvement over March when … [Read more...] about JAPAN: Japanese air cargo drop slows in April
All Nippon sees cargo revenue rise
All Nippon Airways, Japan's second-largest airline, says its business will dip into the red for the first time in six years and it expects a group net loss of JPY9 billion for the year to March 31 instead of a previously projected profit of JPY17 billion. It had a JPY64.1 billion profit the previous year. But the group's revenue from its international cargo operations increased 9.8 per cent during the April-December period from a year earlier to JPY 59.2 billion (US$660.7 million). … [Read more...] about All Nippon sees cargo revenue rise
Plummeting volumes for JAL and ANA
Japan Airlines, Asia¡¯s biggest air carrier, said international cargo volume declined for five months in a row to November, when volume plummeted 25.1 per cent to 47,000 tonnes. During the first eight months of the fiscal year 2008, which started in April, international volume totaled 434,943 tonnes, down 7.8 per cent from the same period a year earlier. By comparison, JAL's domestic cargo in November increased 13 per cent on-year and year-to-date. Japan¡¯s second-largest airline, All Nippon … [Read more...] about Plummeting volumes for JAL and ANA
